Ewald N et al. - Diabetes mellitus secondary to pancreatic diseases (especially chronic pancreatitis) seems more common than generally believed with a prevalence of 9.2% among the subjects studied here. Since the awareness of this diabetes type is poor, misclassification is quite frequent. A common problem seems to be the differentiation between type 2 and type 3. Yet, the right classification of diabetes mellitus is important, since there are special therapeutic options and problems in patients with diabetes secondary to pancreatic diseases.

Methods

In this study the authors investigated 1868 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus who had been admitted to the hospital during the last 24 months.

Patient data were diligently studied and patients were reclassified according to the diabetes classification as proposed by the American Diabetes Association.